Focus on Food Composition Databases

Comprehensive, up-to-date food composition databases are critical to health agencies trying to determine the nutritional value of foods and beverages people actually consume. This information is used to shape programs and guidance to improve nutrition across entire populations and to help sub-populations with special needs. ILSI is interested in improving the accuracy and currency of these databases, and in fostering harmonization on methods used to create them so data can be compared across national borders.